Musing Mommies Podcast Episode 99 Tuesday March 9th 2011

Sing it with me….99 Podcasts are up on our blog, 99 podcasts are here! Click on 1, listen for fun, soon there’ll be 100 podcast done!

ahem…

99 Musing Mommies Podacasts Baby!! We are almost to the big 100 and Mumos Kim and Dawn could not be more excited! If you live in the Austin area, join us on March 21st for our big 100th show! There will be lots of great chat, loads of laughter, lots of good food (cuz you KNOW Dawn will be cooking!) and some prizes too!

Before we head out to places near and far for Spring Break, the Musing Mommies sat down to chat about the books we love. Listen in to hear Dawn and Kim’s favorite picks, plus bonus selections from a very special guest!

Until next time,

~Dawn and Kim

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Email: Kim or Dawn (at) musingmommies.com
Voicemail: 213-280-5327

Musing Mommies Podcast Episode 92 Monday January 10th 2011

After months or even years of fuzzy pictures, cheesy faces and dark cell phone photos, did you finally get a new camera for Christmas or maybe a recent birthday? MuMos Kim and Dawn both got new toys to play with in December! So this week, the Musing Mommies discuss great things you can do to help you better use your new camera.  Listen in as we talk about our favorite websites, phone apps, and tips and tricks for getting better photos of your kids and family.

And keep listening to the end because this week Kim and Dawn are also sharing something very special!! Just for the Musing Mommies listeners, Dawn reads a short excerpt from the book the MuMos are working on. Woo hoo!!

Until next time,
~Dawn and Kim

Please share us with your friends! We are on Facebook, Twitter, iTunes, Miro, and on iPods and mp3 players around the world! We want to hear from you too, so contact us today and say HI!
Email: Kim or Dawn (at) musingmommies.com
Voicemail: 213-280-5327

LINKS|google tasks app|Magic Lantern|Understanding Exposure|flickr|I love Photography|Digital Photography School|I heart faces|100 cameras in one|Camera+|Hipstamatic|Tilt Shift Focus|2peas in a bucket| Little Austinite|Nifty Fifties|incredibooth

Musing Mommies Podcast Episode 63 Monday June 14th 2010

Most everyone loves a good romantic story; the drama, the suspense, the hanging on every word spoken, every word thought, every glance and embrace.  If you add in a third person to the mix and create that super tense, super intriguing love triangle, and whoa baby!! Sparks will fly!

But, if you make everyone involved teenagers and add in an element of the supernatural, well by golly you’ve got yourself a hit on your hands! And guess what Musing Mommies listeners?!?! The Musing Mommies are talking about the biggest love story to hit the book stores in the last 10 years, the Twilight Series.

I know, you must be shocked. Kim and Dawn never, ever talk about Twilight!

This week we have the extreme privilege to bring to our podcast, Kallie Ross from Twilight Series Theories! Listen in for this great interview that Kim and Dawn are bring to you, just in time for the release of the third movie based on the book series, Eclipse.

And let us know, are you Team Edward, or Team Jacob?

Until next time,
~Kim and Dawn

LINKS|Twilight Series Theories|Eclipse|Eclipse the Movie

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Musing Mommies Podcast Episode 62 Monday June 7th 2010

Welcome to June MuMo listeners! Summer is in full swing and this week Kim and Dawn are…

dead tired.

lol!

But we love you all and we couldn’t leave you hanging another week without recording a fabulous Musing Mommies podcast.  This week is a free chat – where Kim and Dawn talk about a little bit of everything, the good, and the bad. Listen in as we catch you up on what’s going on in the lives of your favorite Podcast mavens!

Until next time,
~Kim and Dawn

LINKS|Twilight Series Theories|Shiver|Maggie Stiefvater|Dawn Fry Photo|

Welcome our CG sisters!

My mission is to get my life in order.

I’ve let things go WAY too long. My house, my weight, my everything! I’m tired of being tired and worn out and not having accomplished much. So yesterday, after a slap in the face by my scale, I decided to do something about it. I opened up my google calendar and started scheduling things. Everything from showers to housework; from working out to swim lessons. I also included workouts with friends, walking with someone one day and doing a yoga/dance video with someone on another. I feel good about it. I’ve got a goal and a way to reach it. Today was my first day with my new schedule. And when I get an iPhone in February I’ll have it with me always. Today went great. I feel good, I accomplished much. I also started calorie counting! I stuck to it yesterday, and I feel I had more energy. Day two is starting and I have plans to go walking with a gal pal and a couple of hair appointments (me being the hairdresser . This weekend I get to go on a shoot with our very own MuMo Dawn! I’m way excited to be her assistant.

The family is doing great. No sickies, with the exception of some runny noses due to MOLD. DD is doing great in school. We had teacher parent conference this week and teacher said DD is smart, but she needs to slow down and not always be the first to turn in her work. Being so rushed she skips things and has very sloppy writing like her mother. But she does have all A’s at this point! She’s also doing well with all of her activities, piano, swim and school musical. She’s been getting awesome grades and lots of extra credits in piano. She’s been keeping up with her new swim team since she’s moved up a level. and the school musical has been fairly easy so far. She’s an “extra” so she doesn’t have much to memorize, good thing for me!

DS is doing well. He’s in school 3 days a week right now but at starting in November he’ll only be going two days. We’ve opted to drop that day and possibly get him into some martial arts class. His teacher decided to say home so a new teacher has taken her place. Miss Mary! DS loves Miss Mary. I picked him up from school yesterday and I found him in teachers lap as she read to the class! So cute! He’s already requested that she come over for a play date LOL!
DH has had a great week. He’s launched a new iPhone app for the Houston Zoo and it’s getting rave reviews. They also launched the app for the Woodland Park Zoo last week and it’s doing fab also. He’s still stressed but at least it’s with happy good things!  Well thank you gals for checking in on me.  I hope all of you have a great week.

Here’s to beginning something good. Anyone want to renew their lives with me?

~Kim

Good Morning Company Girls!

MuMo Dawn here – I’m hovering over my coffee hoping the steam helps the wake up process.  We had a big cold front come in yesterday afternoon; our temps went from 85 degrees at 2PM down to about 75 by 4PM.  This morning it is in the 50′s and while I love it, it makes me move a bit slower.  This old gal’s bones do not like the cold!  (truth be told, my body has never reacted well to cold, but I like to now blame it on being old. )

Of course, the cold weather is making the kids and the animals frisky, and before my coffee kicks in I am not so thrilled about it. lol!  This weekend should be fun though – I have 3 photo sessions on Saturday and I am absolutely ecstatic! Kim is going to be my super-duper assistant for the first one, a newborn session about an hour outside of town.  It will be nice to have someone in the car with me driving all that way.  And hopefully things will go a lot smoother with her helping me out.  Then Saturday evening I have 2 family holiday sessions. I am excited about those as well.

Last weekend my session and the wedding went great! There were some hiccups along the way, but it was a terrific day overall.  I just love shooting weddings! Hopefully I can pick up some more pretty soon.

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful week! Thanks for stopping by!
~Dawn

PS. Did you see our new banner up there?!? Isn’t it awesome!?

Hello girls (and any guys out there)!  I’ve been looking forward to coffee and chat today.  Thanks for stopping by and checking in on us!

I must say that this week has been a pretty good one!  Last weekend was nice an quiet with DH coming home Saturday from a business trip and then hanging out with him.  We missed him while he was gone.  Monday the MuMos had an awesome interview with Julie Kenner, author of many books but most know her for her demon hunting soccer mom series!  If you are interested in our podcast with that interview I invite you to scroll down or click here: Episode 26.  It was so much fun to get to pick her brain about writing and being Mommy at the same time.  There’s a lot that goes into it that I didn’t know about.

The rest of the week has gone fairly smoothly.  With DD making the all school musical, Willy Wonka Jr, I’ve had to rearrange our after school schedule. It’s all worked out well so no complaints there.  It’s really weird having her at school until 5 a few days a week.  But I think this will be a great learning experience for her. I hope she does well when it comes performance time.  I hope my stage fright hasn’t passed on to her.

I have a birthday celebration to attend this weekend for one of my close girlfriends and it’s going to be a great night!  I hope she has a great, wonderful, fantabulous, birthday!  Happy Birthday Shan!

I’ll be checking in on the rest of you all and I hope you all have a great weekend!

~Kim

Hey there Company Girls!

I’ve had a pretty good week here too.  Lots of photography work, and awesome interview with Julie on Monday night and good times with the kids.  I have been tending my fall garden and I just discovered today that I have little tiny black beans and lima beans growing!!! yay!! I am so excited – the neighbors probably thought I was crazy squealing and jabbering on like a little girl to the plants in my back yard.  I get so nutty when I see baby veggies growing…and yes, I talk to my plants. (hangs head in shame)

Next week I am off to Houston again to photograph newborn twin girls and I am beyond excited!! The traveling is going to make the whole week crazy, but I am too thrilled for the opportunity to care.  I love what I do! And, since the holidays are just around the corner (yes, yes they are!) I think I am pulling out the Christmas music.  yup.  I am one of “those” people! lol

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a fabulous week! Thanks for stopping by!
~Dawn

Musing Mommies Podcast Episode 24, August 31, 2009

Are you still having trouble getting decent photos of the kids?  Do you really wish you had someone to help you with basic photography skills?  Wanna know where to find good information and field tested tips for getting that great shot to put on your wall?

The Musing Mommies are on it! Kim and Dawn dive deeper into the world of photography and help you capture the memories you are looking for.  Learn tips on photographing children, families, and landscapes and get information on how to process the images you’ve got.

Charge up your camera battery and listen in as the MuMo’s guide you through the process.  And if you are watching the podcast on a screen, keep an eye open for sample photographs illustrating the topics! The Musing Mommies Podcast goes hi-tech multimedia baby!!

Until next time,
Kim and Dawn

Links: Little Austinite|Digital Photography School|Gimp|Adobe Photoshop programs| Picassa|Snapfish|Shutterfly|Flickr|Aperture|Pixelmator|Home Made Coconut Ice Cream|Pioneer Woman Photography

MuMos have decided to take part in the Company Girl Coffee! This is a weekly posting started by our friend Rachel Anne over at homesanctuary.com. Each week we will share a little something from our lives either personally or as The Musing Mommies.

Inviting a friend over for coffee is so much less stressful than throwing a dinner party or a fancy brunch.  All you need to do is put out the invitation in the form of a link in Friday’s Coffee’s On! post, and then just relax and enjoy the company
-Rachel Anne

Girls, this is YOUR chance to share with each other, over a virtual cup of coffee, the things that are happening at your homes!
-Rachel Anne

Please visit each week and enjoy our crazy suburban lives.

MuMo Kim – What a week this has been!  This was the first week of school for Baby Girl, although she’s not a baby anymore.  2nd grade is a big deal if you didn’t already know that.  Before school started we had decided that Baby Girl would be going to a new school.  We were told “she’s in”.  We brought the proper paperwork and such up to the school to get her transferred in.  Then when I called to to make sure they had everything from our end we were told she didn’t get in because the school district decided not to open up a new classroom for all the transfers.  Baby Girl was heart broken.  She cried. It wasn’t a good experience.  We decided to stay in the school where she’s previously attended.  We went to orientation and met her teacher.  EVERYONE told Baby Girl that this teacher is “so sweet” “so nice” “you’ll love her”.  This helped Baby Girl to be a bit more excited to attend school. So far so good.  We are still holding out hope for this new school.  By next week we should know for sure if they open a new class or not.

Baby Boy had preschool orientation this week.  He starts class next week.  He LOVES LOVES LOVES the music teacher.  She is awesome with the kiddos.  He ran right up to her and gave big hugs.  Now he did not however do this to his last year’s teacher nor his this year’s teacher.  I’m a bit worried that he’s already made up his mind to not like them but I am hoping that it’s just that he doesn’t know his new teacher very well. He also is not in class with any of his last year’s buddies.  In fact he is in a small class and is the only boy at this time.  I pray that this changes quick.  He will not take well to being the only boy.  Baby Boy needs a buddy.  We will find out next week I guess.

I am trying my hardest to get into a routine.  Waking at 6:30 in not ideal for me.  I think I’m doing well with it.  I’ve been going to bed early on the nights that I can to make sure I don’t go into sleep deprivation. Next week I will have 3 days a week to do with what I want.  I have some plans.  Tuesdays will be Podcast edit day .  As for the other two, solo grocery shopping and errand running sounds heavenly! I’m also going to get this house IN ORDER!!! No more excuses.

Well my coffee is almost empty and I need to find out what MuMo Dawn has been up to.  I’ve enjoyed our Coughfee Tawk this week!  Thank you for stopping by.

~Kim

MuMo Dawn: Hi Ladies! Welcome to the Musing Mommies Podcast Blog! I am so glad you stopped by for coffee! I love it when you all come to my personal blog, so when MuMo Kim suggested we host coffee over here, I told her it was an excellent idea!

Well my week has been crazy as usual.  My parents were here on an extended visit from the weekend (and Kiddo’s birthday party) and by the time they left I was even further behind on all my work.  My photography business has been wonderful this summer and I am absolutely swamped, but I love it!  I just got back from Houston tonight – I had a wonderful newborn session this morning for a fantastic mommy there.  Her baby girl was so gorgeous! She gave us both a workout though; she did not want to sleep for anything! lol! She was quite the challenge, but I know I got some amazing images out of her anyway.

This weekend I hope to catch up a bit on editing and housework and then next week I will be planning and packing for a small, extended family vacation. I am so excited!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! We love having you here and we will be sure to check out everyone else’s post this week too. Have a great weekend!
~Dawn

One of my greatest loves is photography, and I am just giddy and excited whenever I get the opportunity to do something related to it.  And right now I am smack dab in the middle of an exciting project with the one and only Rachel Anne Ridge from Home Sanctuary!Not only did Mrs. Ridge bless Kim and I with an amazing interview for our show this week, but she has graciously asked me to help her with her new exciting project, a book called Company Girl. 

Rachel Anne is holding a CONTEST for this project.  Head on over to Company Girl and read the text for the book, then look through your pictures and send some in for your chance to have you images published in the book!! How awesome is that!?!

I look forward to your entries!
~Dawn